platoon was bad ass, as was saving private ryan (only the first couple of times) but if i had to choose one then i would definetely say Apocalypse Now……I really need to rent the remastered one mua ha ha

Damn, I’m surprised this topic didn’t get more replies! I’d have to say that my favourites are Enemy At The Gates and Saving Private Ryan. Platoon is very cool too, I haven’t seen it in awhile though.

What’s Apocalype Now about? It’s set in Vietnam, right? I’ve heard people recommend it, but I haven’t gotten around to renting it yet…Want to see Schindler’s List as well. (although I don’t think that’s really a WAR movie)

@empireman:
Where I live would be the spot where the war will first start, So I would have the choices of being a slave or a part of a resistance group. I would choose to fight the evil commies.
same here…

Yes its on my top 5 movie list post!
This was broadcast on Soviet television in the late 70’s and the effort spared no expense for extras because they used actual Soviet soldiers and the budget was basically unlimited. The portrayal all the Germans and Soviets is extremely good. The sets are very realistic and the battles consist of perhaps 10,000 or more soldiers, plus hundreds of tanks ( the germans are mostly tiger 1’s and some decent mockups of elephant and panther).
all the battlefield combat scenes are panoramic which is IMO the only way to film a war movie. You can literally see the 10,000 soldiers.
5 movies were presented
Stalingrad ( 2 parts)
Kursk
Operation Bagration
Assault of Berlin
however no english subtitles of this exist. My girlfriend has to translate for me ( shes from Odessa). You wont find any copies of this with english either. I have tried for many years to do this but to no avail. I own all these movies and they are amoung my favorite of all time.
It will cost you at least 100 bucks for the set of movies, unless you rent them from a russian video store and make copies.